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txdon
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I have had the Lincoln Cordless for about two years and I love it! Note: You only need one battery. I'm still on my first battery and recharge it about once every two months.
herringchoker
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I've been using the pneumatic type for a number of years. I'm on my second one (cheapies from Princess Auto) because the first one walked away. I find they work great. The only problem I have is clumsy me getting tangled up in the hose while under the truck or tractor. /forums/images/graemlins/mad.gif The battery type would solve that problem.
texbaylea
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Like TxDon I have the Lincoln cordless. It sure works great around the tractor and no hose to fight. I have a neighbor that operates a mobile oil change business and he use one in his business. He charges the battery every other night although he thinks he could go almost a week on a single charge. He has had no problems with the gun in over a year of service.
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Both the cordless and pneumatic work great. The pneumatic is much, much cheaper and is my preference if I'm only using it in the shop (or anywhere there is a good air compressor), but if you want to take it out where there's no air compressor, then it's worth the money to buy something like that battery powered Lincoln. My brother sold quite a few of the battery powered ones to both auto and tractor mechanics who did service calls away from their shop.
Farmwithjunk
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I won an air-powered grease gun as a door prize at the local Farm Bureau Christmas party about 10 years ago. It's a "no-name" nothing fancy, kinda gun. I wouldn't trade it for love nor money! The best feature? It is easy enough to use I didn't have any trouble getting my son to use it once and a while.
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I have been using the Sears Craftsman Professional air grease gun #0920484, but I have not been impressed. The gun is supposed to be continuous flow, but it loses its prime half of the time, and I have to disassemble the cartridge holder (messy) to get the gun going again. I am thinking about trying a Lincoln air grease gun. Anyone have experience with Lincoln brand air grease guns? Good or Bad???
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AB4D:
If the spring is not heavy enough, it won't keep the follower plate against the grease and it will allow the gun to loose it's prime. Also, if the grease you are using is very heavy bodied, you need to keep the gun warm or it will loose it's prime. A good solution is to stretch the spring a bit to apply more pressure to the follower plate and keep the gun in a warm place especially in cold weather.
If the spring is not heavy enough, it won't keep the follower plate against the grease and it will allow the gun to loose it's prime. Also, if the grease you are using is very heavy bodied, you need to keep the gun warm or it will loose it's prime. A good solution is to stretch the spring a bit to apply more pressure to the follower plate and keep the gun in a warm place especially in cold weather.
EddieWalker
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</font><font color="blue" class="small">( I have been using the Sears Craftsman Professional air grease gun #0920484, but I have not been impressed. The gun is supposed to be continuous flow, but it loses its prime half of the time, and I have to disassemble the cartridge holder (messy) to get the gun going again. I am thinking about trying a Lincoln air grease gun. Anyone have experience with Lincoln brand air grease guns? Good or Bad???
Jim
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Jim,
I've had my Craftsman Pro Greasegun for a year now and consider it to be the best, most reliable one out there.
I started with a Lincoln, which worked great for about a month, then it wouldn't finish off a tube. I tried differnt brands of grease with no improvement. The store I bought it from refused to replace it and said I must have done something to damage it, so no warantee.
Then I bought a decent one from Northern Tool. It worked really good for about half a year. Then it stopped working. I tried cleaning, packing and adjusting with no improvement.
My local discount tool store had a cheapy that I figured I'd give a try. It was crap and I returned it the next day.
Next was the craftsman. I decided to try their top of the line model since I use so much grease and really wanted an air greese gun. Right off the bat it gave me problems. I posted some questions on greese guns on the oils section and somebody suggested packing the inlet hole with grease. This helped, but then I also make sure the greese is also just above the top of the tube when I screw it into the gun. Since I started doing this every time, I've never had a problem.
Another thing I like about the craftsman is the continous feed it has. Just hold down the trigger and greese keeps comeing out.
I put the solid tube on it too. This really makes it easier to do 99% of my fittings. For the one fitting I can't get the solid tube on, I use my manual greese gun with a rubber tube.
Good Luck,
Eddie
Jim
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Jim,
I've had my Craftsman Pro Greasegun for a year now and consider it to be the best, most reliable one out there.
I started with a Lincoln, which worked great for about a month, then it wouldn't finish off a tube. I tried differnt brands of grease with no improvement. The store I bought it from refused to replace it and said I must have done something to damage it, so no warantee.
Then I bought a decent one from Northern Tool. It worked really good for about half a year. Then it stopped working. I tried cleaning, packing and adjusting with no improvement.
My local discount tool store had a cheapy that I figured I'd give a try. It was crap and I returned it the next day.
Next was the craftsman. I decided to try their top of the line model since I use so much grease and really wanted an air greese gun. Right off the bat it gave me problems. I posted some questions on greese guns on the oils section and somebody suggested packing the inlet hole with grease. This helped, but then I also make sure the greese is also just above the top of the tube when I screw it into the gun. Since I started doing this every time, I've never had a problem.
Another thing I like about the craftsman is the continous feed it has. Just hold down the trigger and greese keeps comeing out.
I put the solid tube on it too. This really makes it easier to do 99% of my fittings. For the one fitting I can't get the solid tube on, I use my manual greese gun with a rubber tube.
Good Luck,
Eddie